Figurative Artist Anne Russell | Luna Dreaming

Luna Dreaming

Wall Sculpture

Artist Statement

In “Luna Dreaming,” an elegant woman is lifted aloft by the full moon. She is serious but seemingly unconcerned by her night flight into unfamiliar skies. She is drawn from a vintage photograph of my grandmother. She and her stylized moon evoke the Roaring Twenties, Art Nouveau, and our nostalgia for that bygone era. “Luna Dreaming” is a wish for all those moving into the unknown.

The black and white simplicity of the delicate porcelain figures in this series, “Gravity,” bring to mind old pen-and-ink illustrations and vintage photographs. They balance between gravity and levity. Like “Luna Dreaming,” we are strong yet fragile, hanging helpless and adrift; like her we can choose to approach the unknown in fear, or in openness to the adventure of it all.

Every object in this series is sculpted in porcelain, using tiny slabs and jewelry tools to add meticulous detail. Once they are bisque fired I add stains and diluted glazes to the surface and fire them in an electric kiln. In the finished piece, the moon is fixed to the wall and the figure is suspended from it with thread-wrapped wire.

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